The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-02-19
OVER THE STATE.

OtEk HE STATE.
We were pleased to meet here
this week. Mr.. Pratt, of the Engi.
neer Corps of the Georgia Pacific
Railroad Company. Mr.. Pratt
tells US that the survey is bringing
along three lines, and establishing
one. They crossed Big Black riv.
er east of town Monday aud will
reach Win ona in five or six days.
Then they go on from here
towards Carrollton and Green
wood.-Winona Advance.
On Wednesday evening at 8
O'Clock there were one hundred
bales at the compress to be ship
ped, and Messrs. Eugene Conway,
]. X. Hennessey and E. II. Kelly
concluded they would see how
long it would take to compress
them and put them on the cars.
With thirteen hands the work was
done and the last bale put on the
cars in the space ofslxty minutes,
five OF which were lost by having
a bad bale in the number. Jack
sou and Vicksburg papers will
please note.-Yazoo City Herald.
From Mr.. Walton Farrar, Sec.
retary of the Fifth District Louis.
lana Levee Board, we learn that
the Wyley levee has been com.
pleted and accepted by the engi.
neers, as has also the Raleigh
levee. The former was built by
Messrs. Hughes & McGinty, and
the latter by Messrs. George Ar.
mold 500. Ships Bayou and Lee
leyees in Tensas parish, La, will
both be completed early next
week. Mr.. O'Malley has com.
menced the work ON the extension
of the Reid levee below Delta
ViCksburg Democrat.
Mr.. Eugene L. Scott, promi.
nent merchant of Franklin county,
was in town last Monday, and
states that q number of vacant
houses have recently been burned
on the Cotton place, and also that
some buldozing of negroes exists.
Both of these things ought and
must be stopped, for those who
are engaged in this business
are hurting themselves infinitely
worse than they are hurting
others. .d
Lum Gatlin, colored, living near
Dillon's Bridge, was shot and
killed last Friday night. 1t seems
that some unknown party entered
Lum's house and shot him through
the heart, for what cause is not
known. Lum bore the reputation
of being q good, hard-working
man, having for awhile worked for
Mr.. Ii. s. Brumfield, aud no cause
can be assigned by his neighbors
for the murder.-Summit Sentinel.
On Friday last Deputy Sheriff
Robson, came in from the Point
and informed us that he came
over in his official capacity to levy
an attachment ON six or seven
miles Of tho Mobile and North.
western Railroad. Tho attach.
ment, we learn. was at tho in.
stance of parties in Memphis. We
had hoped after this road had
passed into the hands of the re-.
ceiver that it would ''work out its
own salvation" but we presume
its Indebtedness is too large and
its creditors inexorable, to per-
NIT 1t to continue undlsturbed.-
Clarksdale Banner.
We learn that two saloon men
are determined not to be outdone
by the result of the election con.
cerning the sale of liquor in this
county. The plan is to locate their
saloons just across the river, in
Rankin county, and get the full
benefit of the trade of jackson,
soon to be prohibition city. One
of these men has already gotten
up petition with the necessary
number Of signatures, while the
other has now one in circulation.
With two saloons so near, sepa.
rated from the city by only a
bridge, the capitol will enjoy but
little of the benefits of prohibi-
ton. We don't know what course
should be pursued to put % stop
to this little plan, but presume
the prohibition leaders who have
fought for every inch of ground
gained for the cause, will not at
this late day, be outdone, but will
be equal to the emcrgency.-State
Ledger.
] Especial to Tifhes.Democrat.
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